TY - JOUR
T1 - The use of imaging techniques in understanding lower urinary tract (dys)function
AU - Deruyver, Yves
AU - Hakim, Lukman
AU - Franken, Jan
AU - De Ridder, Dirk
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - The ability to store urine in the bladder and to void at an appropriate time depends on several complex mechanisms in the lower urinary tract (LUT) and its neural control. Normal LUT function requires coordination of the urinary bladder, urethra, pelvic floor, efferent and afferent neurons and specific spinal cord and brain areas. These structures can be visualised using different imaging modalities, such as ultrasound, X-ray and magnetic resonance imaging. The supraspinal neural control of the LUT can be studied using functional brain imaging. During the last two decades, the many technological improvements of these imaging techniques have increased our knowledge of voiding dysfunction. Here, we review the different imaging modalities of the LUT and its neural control and discuss their importance for diagnosing and understanding voiding dysfunction.
AB - The ability to store urine in the bladder and to void at an appropriate time depends on several complex mechanisms in the lower urinary tract (LUT) and its neural control. Normal LUT function requires coordination of the urinary bladder, urethra, pelvic floor, efferent and afferent neurons and specific spinal cord and brain areas. These structures can be visualised using different imaging modalities, such as ultrasound, X-ray and magnetic resonance imaging. The supraspinal neural control of the LUT can be studied using functional brain imaging. During the last two decades, the many technological improvements of these imaging techniques have increased our knowledge of voiding dysfunction. Here, we review the different imaging modalities of the LUT and its neural control and discuss their importance for diagnosing and understanding voiding dysfunction.
KW - Brain bladder control
KW - Cystography
KW - Lower urinary tract dysfunction
KW - Magnetic resonance imaging
KW - Pet
KW - Ultrasound
KW - Urinary bladder
KW - fMRI
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U2 - 10.1016/j.autneu.2016.05.008
DO - 10.1016/j.autneu.2016.05.008
M3 - Review article
C2 - 27477680
AN - SCOPUS:84979743126
SN - 1566-0702
VL - 200
SP - 11
EP - 20
JO - Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical
JF - Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical
ER -